Nah, Venezuela was already fucked up when the coup and sanctions arrived. Also never has been true socialist just in word for elections while the leadership have properties and huge fortunes of drugs, and using the oil state enterprise to launder that money.
Source: Venezuelan national.
Did you have to flee when the big, bad socialists took over?
The coup itself was not novel, of course, but it was the first Latin American coup in the twenty-first century, and showed that the US government would continue to prioritize its perceived geopolitical interests — and those of multinational corporations — in the region over democracy. The US would go on to support coups, and other sorts of undemocratic political transitions, in Haiti (2004), Honduras (2009), Paraguay (2012), Brazil (2016), and Bolivia (2019) — and would show support for attempted coups in Bolivia (2008), Ecuador (2010), and Venezuela (2019). Elements of the 2002 Venezuela coup playbook would also be repeated in many cases. Source
Nah I left when crime escalated to the point where it was a common occurance to get kidnapped and get a ride to multiple ATMs to get your wages directly stolen without recourse. Instead of increase the rule of law the country descended into anarchy and fear as a state sponsored policy.
Is sad to see the opportunity lost when people in public positions were rich overnight while we, the regular people lost our wages to the highest inflation in the world and violent crime.
I want to say yes F the exterior policies of the US meddling with all economic interests in the world, but don’t lose focus because of this of the damaged Chavez and Maduro put on Venezuelans clinging to power.
Nah, Venezuela was already fucked up when the coup and sanctions arrived. Also never has been true socialist just in word for elections while the leadership have properties and huge fortunes of drugs, and using the oil state enterprise to launder that money. Source: Venezuelan national.
Did you have to flee when the big, bad socialists took over?
Nah I left when crime escalated to the point where it was a common occurance to get kidnapped and get a ride to multiple ATMs to get your wages directly stolen without recourse. Instead of increase the rule of law the country descended into anarchy and fear as a state sponsored policy.
Is sad to see the opportunity lost when people in public positions were rich overnight while we, the regular people lost our wages to the highest inflation in the world and violent crime.
I want to say yes F the exterior policies of the US meddling with all economic interests in the world, but don’t lose focus because of this of the damaged Chavez and Maduro put on Venezuelans clinging to power.